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Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Summary Report/Recommendations
This article describes how youth-serving community-based organizations in New York City and Amsterdam used techniques cultivated prior to the pandemic to support youth well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article also details differences in the types of support offered based on differences in the level of government-support available in the U.S. versus the Netherlands.
Promising Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities, and are suitable for adaptation by other communities.
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Peer Review Study
This article presents results from an intervention to provide medication assisted treatment (MAT) to individuals with opioid use disorder via telemedicine. This article describes outcomes for patients enrolled in the NYC Health+Hospitals Virtual Buprenorphine Clinic during the first nine weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 26, 2020 through May 28, 2020). Results from this evaluation were mixed. Loss-to-follow-up was similar to rates observed in studies of in-person opioid treatment, but the authors note telemedicine-based opioid treatment poses barriers to patients who frequently change mobile phones or phone numbers, and patients with unreliable internet access. The authors also note that the generalizability of this intervention may be limited in settings with different patient populations or staff capacity.